Dispensing liquid-holder.



PATENTED MAY 5; i908.

H. P. GORMAN'. "DISPBNSING LIQUID'HOLDBR. APPLICATION FILED MAY v15,1907.

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A TTQRNEYS -render the junction between the cap HORACE PFOUTS GOBMAN, OFHAZLETON, PENNSYLVANlA,

DISEENSING LQUD-HQLBER.

Application led May 15, 19m, Serial No. 378,758.

To all whom z'imczy concern:

Be it lniown that I, Hormon PFoU'r-s Goau MAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Hazleton, in the county of Luzerne/and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Eispensing Liquid Holder,of which the following is a specification. A

rl"his invention has reference to improvements in dispensing liquidholders, designed more espepciallvT for the serniautoniatic dispensingor liquid soap or similar inateriai.

The-invention consists essentially of a suitable receptacle with asimple means for removably attaching the saine to a support, and, inaddition, the receptacle is provided with a puinp or soap-expellingineans so arranged that a pressure will be established to force the soapfrom the receptacle in such quantities as may be deemed expedientProvision is iliade wherebyv the soap will be directed upon the hand ofthe user within a circuinscribed area, and ineans 'are provided wherebythe device may be adjusted to regulate the pressure established beforethe soap is allowed to escapeand also to regulate or lliinit the amountof soap expelled at each operation ci the device.

The invention will be fully understood from the following detaileddescription taken Ain connection with the accompanying drawingst'orining 'part of this speciiication, in whichf- `Figure 1 is acentral, vertical section through the device; and Fig. 2 is a face Viewoi' the wall support, with the removable bracket for: the soap-holdershown in section.

Referring to the drawings, there is shown a receptacle 1 which may, ifdesired, be of glass or may be constructed of metal. This receptacle isin the forni of a jar or bottle having a wide mouth with exteriorscrewthreads on the neck, and to this threaded portion is adapted acover '2, also formed with screwthreads, while the interposed gasket 3of rubber or any other suitable'inaterial serves to the neck of thereceptacle fluid-tight. V

Surrounding the receptacle is' a collar 4 made of a band of metal havingits free ends brought into juxtaposition and there held by a bolt orrivet 5 while the extreme ends are bent at right angles, as shown at 6-5soas to enter between two stiff wings 7 7 with the ends 6 resting behindthe saine. These wings are formed as upturned bottoni exten- Speeicationof Letters Patent.

2 and4 Patented May 5, 1908.

sions oi a wall plate 8 provided with suitable perforations 9 for screwsor other fastening means, While a -pivoted latch inernber 10, which majTbe niade or' wire riveted to the wall plate 8 but capable ot' turningthereon, is provided for holding the ends 6 of thecollar 4 roinaccidental displacement from behind the wings 7. The latch may be formedof a single piece of stiff wire bent on itself near one end to forni aloop 11 with the free end u-p-turned, as shown at 12, the loop being ofsufficient size to extend across the wall plate S to engage and bearagainst the upper edge of the end pieces 6, while the upturned end `12permits the latch to be moved about its pivot without catching on theseends 6, and the loop which, as shown, is open-ended, has

sufficient resiliency to establish the requisite frictional Contact withthese ends 6 to hold the loop securely in place in the locked posi.

threaded to receive a threaded, closure 15,'.

4while at a point adjacent to the (lished por'- `tion of the Aca 2 thiscylinder 14 is provided with a throng slot 16.

Passing through the central portion of the dislied section of the ca 2is a sleeve 17 en-` tering thecylinder 14 or a short distance,

and exterior to the c a 2 this sleeve is provided with diametricalyopposite, longitudinal slots 18 extending to-the end oiD the sleeveremote from the junction oi" the sleeve with the dished portion 13 oftheca This sleeve 17 is concentric with the cy inder 14, and extendinthrough this sleeve and inovable therein t ere is a tube 19, o en atboth ends. One end 20 of this tu e extends above the u per end of thesleeve i7 and is.

ranged to niove snugly Within the cylinder 14.A The other endof the tube19 extendsy for distance below the lower end of thc vits axiscoincidentwith the axis of the tube,

and this ring is connected to said tube bv two lic arms 24 which may bebrazed or' solderedto said ,tube These arms, at their junction with thetube, are shaped to enter the slots 18 and the construction is such thatthese- 5 arms at this point are always Within the slots but are capableof moving longitudinally within said slots. v v

The sleeve 17 forms a long bearing for the tube 19, and the slots18permit the travel of cylindrical plug on one end of a rod 26 ex tendingupward through the tubeand centrally through the cylinder 14-and closure15. This rod is threaded at the upper end for a distance within thecylinder and totheextreme upper end, as. indicated at 27, and thepassage in the closure15 is formed with`a nut through which the rodisscrewed, while within the cylinder V14 on the screwfthreaded portion 27vof this rodjthere is applied a lscrew .e collar 28.v Within Vthecylinder 1.4 is coniined 305el spring 29,'bearingatjone end against theclosure 15 andatft fe; other'end a ainst the piston 21. Now, let it beassume( f that the rod 26 is screwed through the closure 15 to thedesired 9position,l with the plug 25 within the tubevl ata pointsomewhat removed fromthe flaring open end 22. And also let it be assumedthat the collar v28 is adjusted on the threaded end 27 of the rod 26tosome desired osition, andl that the receptacle 1 containsiquidjsoap.'-

The parts .are so proportioned andy adjusted that whenvthe piston 21 isresting on the* upper end ofthe sleeve 17 the upper end ofthe slot 16 isuncovered't'o put the interior of .the cylinder 14 into communicationwith the interior of the receptacle 1. Under these conditions, a certainamount of liquid soap ,will flow into the interior of the cylinder 14above the piston 2-1 and also down.l into the .30 tube 19 luntil stoppedby the plug 25. Now, suppose that a person desires to procure a chargeof soap upon one of thehands. The hand ofthe user is placed against theunder side of the ring 23, which, in practice, is of such size as tobeeasily contained on the alm of the hand, and ressure is exerted to korcethe ring 2,3 upwar it being understood that the whole device is in theposition shown inthe drawing.v The first result of this movement is tomove the piston-21 past the upper end ofthe slot'16 and so close thecylinder 1.4 againstcommunication with the interior of the receptacleexcept below the iston 2,1. At the same time the tube, 19 is a so movedupwardly but the plug 25 is .so located that the piston 21 must move fora considerable distance into the cylinder 14 before the tube 19 willmove to a position to be above the plu@ 25. The result of this is thatthe air within the cylinder 14 is compressed to an 70 extent and-theliquid soap contained therein v is put under stress. Now, as soonl astheplug '25 has, relatively speaking, passed through the flared end 22ofthe tube 19 the soap will be forcedV out through the lower end of thetube under the force exerted by the air pressure within the cylinder 14,and this flow ol soap understress'continues so long as .the piston 21 islmoved upwardl andv there still remans'soap within t e cylinder 14 ortube 80 19. Theupward movement of thepiston 21 may be continued untilstopped by the collar 28, the spring 29 being at the same timecorrespondingly compressed. Now, 'when the hand of the user is'removedfrom the ring 23 85 theexpansive force ofthe spring 29 comes 'intoaction and causes the movement of the tube 19 to its normal positionuntil the piston 21 is arrested by contact with the upper end ofthesleeve 17. In the meantime the plug 9o 25 has again entered the tube 19through the flaring end thereof, being assisted in this' movement notonly, by the shape of the ilaring end but the junction between the plug25 and rod 26 may be shaped as indicated at 30 95 and conform ina mannerto the flaring end of the tube. n

By suitably screwing the rod 26 to agreater or less extent through theclosurey 15 the relative position of the plug 25. within the `10Q tube19 maybe adjusted so that a greater or less com ression of the airwithin the cylinder 14 may e established before the soa is allowed toesca ethrough the lower en of the tube 19, and y suitably adjusting thecollar l 28 the extent of movementof the tube 19 and piston 21 may becontrolled.

. As soon as the plug25has' entered the tube 19, which is before thepiston 21 has reached the slot 16, there is created a partial vacuum' inthecylinder 14 as the piston descends," and, consequently,` when theupper end of the slot 16 is o cned to establish communication betweentlhe'interior of the upper end of the cylinder 14 and the interior ofthe 115 receptacle 1, the soa Within the receptacle will rush into thecylinder, due to the partial vacuum therein.

- 1. Aliquid dispensing ap aratus com rising asuitable receptacle for te liquid, a Xed supplemental container for the'liquid within thereceptacle, means for permitting access from the receptacle to thesupplemental container, a movablepiston within the supplementalcontainer and arranged to close the latter to the main receptacle and toestablish an air pressure within the supplemental con-` tainer, andpositively operated means inde-v pendent ofthe air pressure for openingthe l lio normally unclosing the port but arranged to close 'the portwhen moved in the proper di" rection in said cylinder, -a hollow pistonrod i for the piston, and aplug or closure normallyhoused ln-said pistonrod and arranged to be moved out of the same after the pistonv hasV-completed a predetermined range of move` y ment.

closed cylinder in said receptacle providedV '20 3.I`Aliqui`d dispensingap aratus comprising a suitable receptacle or the liquid,a`

with a port near oneend, a plston wlthin-.the cylinder normallyunclosing said ort7 a hollow piston-rod connected to sai piston, a

Y slotted guiding sleeve for said hollow pistonrod, a fixed plugnormally within the-hollow piston-rod and past which the rod is movable,.and a hand-rest fast on said pistonfrod in the. axial line of the same.I

4. A liquid dispensing apparatus compris-7 ing a suitable receptacle` acylinder therein closed at both ends` and having a ort near:v

one end, a iston movable -in sai cylinder and provide With ahollowiston-rod, a plug for said 'hollow piston-rod4 normally con-vtained therein, anda threaded rod carrying said plug andextendingthrough a nut formed in one end -of' the cylinder.

5. A liquid dispensing ,apparatus conslsty ing ,of 'a suitablereceptacle, means; therein for Aputting the liquid to' be dispensedunder pressure, an outlet for the liquid under preserated means timedto' o en the outlet after a redetermined pressure. as been established,L

`and means for adjusting the closure operatingmeansl to varythe time;relation of discharge. v-

6. A -liquid dispensing ing'a suitable.` receptacle, a` single stroke liuid'discha'rge pump'there'in,.means for a justing thelstrok'e' of theump, a discharge apparatus compris- '--su1e,' a closure forv saidoutlet'7 positively opmeans coperating'-with t e pump and posll tivelyoperated lby thev movement of 'said um g and anadjustng means forestablishpump and the time of discharge;

^ mg t e relation between the movement of the. l

7 A liqu'idl dispenslng apparatus comprising". a suitable receptacle, apump therein i having a' piston movable in one direction under'y theimpulse of the hand, a spring for retrning the pistongto its normal'position, means' for limiting. the extent of movement ofthe piston, a'closurefor' the discharge end of the pump,arranged to open saiddischargeendlate'r'fa predetermined movement of the ation-between the movement ofthe pump, and the opening of the .discharge end of the '.fngtestlmonythat I claimtheiore'gomgas my ownggi have hereto ffixy d y signatureinftheipresence oitwowitnessesyjj" x ,Ho-RACE .BEQUTS eoRMAN; Wiaiess'eswarns,

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